Mainstreaming science fiction?

I’m pretty much a fantasy reader, mainly because I enjoy books that are more character-oriented and I haven’t had much luck finding that in pure science fiction. As readers, what are your thoughts? Are there any contemporary authors who are writing SF for the masses?

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3 thoughts on “Mainstreaming science fiction?”

David Brin’s Earth series is truly Science Fiction. I felt so smart upon finishing it. Still didn’t understand but 1/4 of the science but I am not going to take any more advance physics classes just to understand black holes and stuff.

I would say that Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan books are SF for the masses. Character-driven space opera of the finest order, with awesome male AND female characters who kick butt yet are deeply flawed. There are some neat science-fiction-y things in the books, like ships and wormhole jumps and terraforming and whatnot, but not an overload of description about how they were created or how they work. They just do. And they’re the backdrop for the characters and stories, yet are intrinsic to the plots as well.